San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-13
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chin music with Queen Kapolani.
GLADSTONE has shown his appreciation
OF the traitOrous crew who call them
selves liberal unionists, by completely
severing all intercourse with them. He
has cut Chamberlain and Harrington
dead.
The Houston Age has made the COM
parsOn, and this is the result: You
cannot separate politics from prohibition
anymore than you can ball the water
from between the logs Of raft.
The Examiner is to be congratulated
on getting down from the top rail OF the
non.committal fence on the side of the
anti-prohibitiOnists. 1t was fixture
until IL heard Governor Ross whistle.
Such fidelity to its master is truly touch
ing.
The pups Of the democratic press keep
up their snarling at the heels OF the
Plumed Knight as he prepares to leave
the shores OF his native America. This
will not prevent his recognition every
where as Americas ablest citizen.
The British lion will lash his tail and
howl, in answer to the cries OF Uncle
Sans auctioneer, in foreign Alaska, sell
ing two Of John Bulls sealers under the
hemmer for violating the stipulations OF
the seal fishery treaty.
The BRENNAN Banner says that the
Fort Worth Gazette has got down on the
prohibition side OF the fence. Is not
this mistake? The Gazette seems to
do the see-saw act very gracefully still.
GALVESTON requires her mayor to earn
his salary by discharging the duties Of
recorder. Why not? Cities of twice
the population OF Galveston have no re-
corders, and the duties Of that office are
performed by the mayor.
The Jimplicute wants to know II the
Dallas Herald still keeps the Fort
Worth Gazette and the Waco Examiner
on the fence-NO, Jim. The Examiner
was taken down from its roost by the
anti prohibition executive committee.
IHE Fostoria Review, the illustrated
organ Of the natural gas companies OF
OHIO, in the FostOria region, Is laid up
on the LIGHT table. Fostoria seems to
be the centre of the great gas deposit Of
the state, and this sheet is an advertis-
ing statement of the wells and the ad-
vantages offered manufacturers In the
way Of cheap fuel.
The Bessemer steel product of this
country Is rapidly increasing and the
independence OF American manufac
turers Of the European product Is only
a matter of time. The proportion Of
Bessemer pig to the whole of the crude
iron output of the United States, Is
43 per cent. and the Increase Of prOduc-
ton over last year about 80 per cent.
The cabalistic letters p. II, 80 COM
monty used in wool transactions in west
ern Texas just now, mean particularly
tricky" and are intended to draw the
wool over the ranchman's eyes by induc-
ing him to believe that the wool market
haR not fairly opened and that quota
tions are not yet established. The mar
ket is wide open all the same and the
wool man must keep his eyes open.
GALVESTON INDUCES In the luxury Of
a democratic convention to name city
officers, for the fist time in ten years,
and dominates j. 5. Hswley on the fifth
ballot. This will give the Gal with
vest on her choice of four suitOrs. Hsw-
ley, Mallory, the republican candidate,
and Fulton and Claiborne, who will run
as Independents. Fulton is the present
incumbent.
The reported attempt to negotiate for
the union OF the Greek and Latin
churches, will strike with wonder those
who are at all familiar with the radical
differences existing between the eastern
and the westurn churches. The patri-
arch of Constantinople, it may be safely
asserted, ia in no danger of surrending
into the hands of the metropolitan OF
Rome.
The number of recruits enlisted by
Francis Murphy in his great temperance
campaign, which has just closed at Chi
cagO, was 10000, very respectable
army. Such work as that is effective.
This is personal prohibition which does
prohibit. 1t prohibits the man by free
consent of his own mind and judgment
from drinking, and does not interfere
with his neighbOrs right to drink if
that neighbor wants to.
Nc TENGG, of this city, has laid on
our table for review a very readable an
swer to Henry Georges progress and
Poverty" 1t is styled Progress from
Poverty" and deals directly with the
very questions raised by Mr.. George. 1t
Is compact, clearly printed pamphlet
in paper covers, and should meet with
ready reception from the hundreds who
are interested In the great evolution
from Poverty" through material PRO
gress..
dallas slightly changes the phrase
OlOgy OF the ancient prOverb and shows
that OF making newspapers there is no
end. Her latest press baby is styled the
Texas ,EtChings, and is actually what
its name implies, although the etching
cannot be said to be reduced to a very
fine art as yet. 1t favors high license
for whiskey, and the increased oonsump-
ton OF native wines, and the free use Of
malt liquors.
THERE is only one thing certain about
the fisheries disputes. The two gov
ernments are no nearer an agreement
than they we're months ago, nor is there
any likelihood Of any adjustment OF the
case. The proposals made by this gov
eminent last November are now met
after the lapse of all these months by
counter proposals, but no answer Is
made to the propositions sent by Bay
ard across water. The spute continues.
The unwilling of the statue OF James
A. Garfield at the national capital yes
terday, by the Army Of the Cumberland,
was a most interesting event. The
statute, in bronze, is ten and half feet
high and represents the gallant soldier
statesman in the act of delivering an sd-
dress, The inscriptions placed upon the
monument are-SOuthwest face: James
A. GARFIELD, lS3l-lSSl: Southeast face
Major-General U. s. A., Member of
Congress, Senator AID President Of the
United States Of America North face
Erected by his comrades OF the society
OF the Army Of the Cumberland, May IL,
1887. The cost OF the monument, which
is paid for, was $56,74S.
THERE Is some needed work to be
done In the Texas Press association
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